‘Nat Holman: The Man, His Legacy and CCNY’ Exhibition on the Life and Times of ‘Mr. Basketball’ Opens at CCNY Library

NEW YORK, August 10, 2005 – Nat Holman: The Man, His Legacy and CCNY, an exhibition celebrating the life, achievements and 37-year coaching career of Nat Holman, who led CCNY’s varsity basketball team to victory in the 1950 NCAA and NIT championships, has opened to the public. The exhibition, which runs through December 30, 2005, and coincides with the centenary of men’s basketball at CCNY, is located in the Morris R. Cohen Library Atrium, North Academic Center, The City College of New York.

Researchers Seek Buried Evidence of Early African-American and Irish Settlement That Flourished in Central Park

NEW YORK, August 10, 2005 – Archaeologists from Barnard College and The City College of New York (CCNY), in cooperation with the New York Historical Society, have renewed their exploration of Seneca Village, the 19th century African-American and Irish immigrant settlement in Central Park – focusing their search on evidence of burial grounds and residential areas.

NEW YORK, August 10, 2005 – David Diaz, an award-winning broadcast journalist who spent 27 years covering major stories for two of New York’s biggest television stations, has joined the faculty of The City College of New York (CCNY) as a Distinguished Lecturer, the College announced today. Mr.Diaz, a member of the CCNY Class of 1965 who was with WCBS-TV until March, will return to his alma mater beginning in the Fall 2005 semester to teach in the Political Science and Media and Communications Arts Departments.

NEW YORK, July 26, 2005 – Gary Chan, a third-year civil engineering major at The City College of New York (CCNY), was one of 15 undergraduates nationwide awarded a Greater Research Opportunity grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The fellowship provides up to $17,000 in academic support annually plus up to $7,500 for a three-month summer internship at an EPA facility.

CCNY NAMES DR. FRED REYNOLDS
DEAN OF HUMANITIES & ARTS

NEW YORK, July 12, 2005 – The City College of New York has appointed Dr. Fred Reynolds, a tenured Professor in the Department of English, Dean of the School’s Division of Humanities and Arts, CCNY President Gregory H. Williams announced today. He succeeds Dr. James Watts, who retired last May.

TELEMUNDO 47, NEXTEL, THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK LAUNCH “SU NEGOCIO”CAMPAIGN

New York, NY (July 6, 2005) - Beginning on Monday July 11, Telemundo 47, Nextel, the Small Business Administration and The City College of New York will join forces to launch a week-long campaign titled “Su Negocio” that will offer viewers helpful information on how to start their own businesses.

PUBLIC INTEREST LAW GROUP HONORS CCNY PRESIDENT DR. GREGORY H. WILLIAMS

Dr. Gregory H. Williams, President of The City College of New York (CCNY) today received the Third Annual Felix A. Fishman Award from New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI) at the group’s annual luncheon. The award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary advocacy on behalf of underrepresented individuals and groups.

CCNY RECEIVES FIVE-YEAR $2.2 MILLION FEDERAL GRANT FOR DRUG ABUSE RESEARCH AND TRAINING OF MINORITY RESEARCHERS

NEW YORK, June 22, 2005 – A highly memorable anti-drug commercial used fried eggs to depict “your brain on drugs.” Researchers at The City College of New York plan to use a new, five-year, $2.2 million grant to study the brain’s biochemistry to learn how prenatal exposure to cocaine and other illegal stimulants causes its damage.

NEW SATELLITE DATA MINING AND PROCESSING FACILITY TO MAKE CCNY A REMOTE SENSING ‘CENTER OF EXCELLENCE’

NEW YORK – June 20, 2005 – A data archiving, mining and processing station that will collect and analyze data from both geo-stationary and polar orbiting satellites will be built at The City College of New York (CCNY). When the station goes live, CCNY will become one of only a select few U.S. academic institutions receiving and processing data directly from all major federal government weather and environmental monitoring satellites. It will support CCNY researchers in projects ranging from land use analyses to precipitation forecasts to studying linkages between climate changes and air quality.

CCNY HOSTS ANNUAL TRANSPORTATION
PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

NEW YORK, June 14, 2005 – Twenty-five students from public and private high schools in New York City will receive a stimulating introduction to the transportation industry at The City College of New York’s annual Summer Transportation Institute (STI). The four-week program, organized by CCNY-based CUNY Institute for Transportation Systems (ITS), begins at Tuesday, July 5 and runs through July 30.

NEW YORK, June 13, 2005 – Beverly Falk, Professor of Education at The City College of New York (CCNY), and 16 other outstanding teacher educators were chosen as the first Goldman-Carnegie Quest Fellows by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The group will work with the Institute’s Quest Project to create a multimedia archive of the best practices in teacher education.